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I have long put myself on the 'listen first, talk later' mode when it came to how we all deal with the festering sore of racism in the Netherlands. There is so much we don't know about each other, and there is especially so much I can't know about my fellow Black people, because for a long time I was too unaware of my privileges. Even as a poor scribbler with a languishing self-employed existence. But now I have to say something.

Got, after all the discussion, a press release today from the Publ...

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Wijbrand Schaap

Cultural journalist since 1996. Worked as theatre critic, columnist and reporter for Algemeen Dagblad, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, Rotterdams Dagblad, Parool and regional newspapers through Associated Press Services. Interviews for TheaterMaker, Theatererkrant Magazine, Ons Erfdeel, Boekman. Podcast maker, likes to experiment with new media. Culture Press is called the brainchild I gave birth to in 2009. Life partner of Suzanne Brink roommate of Edje, Fonzie and Rufus. Search and find me on Mastodon.View Author posts

I have long put myself on the 'listen first, talk later' mode when it came to how we all deal with the festering sore of racism in the Netherlands. There is so much we don't know about each other, and there is especially so much I can't know about my fellow Black people, because for a long time I was too unaware of my privileges. Even as a poor scribbler with a languishing self-employed existence. But now I have to say something.

Got, after all the discussion, a press release today from the Publ...

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